I set up disk encryption (LUKS) when I first set my Framework up, and I assume it’s necessary to undo this (is this even possible?) if I want to set up dual boot. If I’m correct, what are the steps to accomplish this?
Just for my understanding, is the “fedora” and “Partition 3” two separate partitions? Why is this the case, and what are the purposes of each? (If I remember correctly, I went with whatever the default was at the time of initial setup.)
Referencing the image below (from the article above), the author set up 3 partitions (including the free space for Windows). So should I have the 2 filesystem partitions + fedora + Partition 3 + free space for Windows = 5 total? Is that how it works?
Worst-case-scenario, I’m OK with saying goodbye to Fedora and starting over from scratch, maybe with Ubuntu or Linux Mint for a fresh start. Please lend me your thoughts and expertise. Thank you so much!
having an encrypted linux install does not have to conflilct with dual boot, because encryption is at the partition level, not at the disc level. That being said, I don’t know what happens if an encrypted partition gets shrunk.
Fedora is the result of decrypting Partition 3. Not tecnically two different partitions. That’s why one appears on top of the other.
just four because fedora and partition 3 are the same.
Chances are you need to reinstall fedora anyways. If that is the case you can set stuff up from the begining using the desired partition layout. What I did back in the day (because I no longer dual boot) is install first windows, then linux. And use the grub loader instead of the windows one.
Thank you so much @Abraham_Toriz! Is this actually your first post here? If so, welcome!
Just to report back on what I chose to do:
It seems that it is possible to shrink an encrypted partition, but because the process is rather intensive, I took your advice and installed Windows 10/said goodbye to Fedora. (I haven’t activated Windows 10 yet.)
For anyone else doing the same, you may also see the "Windows did not detect any networking hardware” error message and entirely lose the ability to connect to the internet. I recommend having the Framework driver bundle .exe (e.g. this for my Framework 13) downloaded to a separate USB, though of course this can be done via the Linux live USB post-Windows-installation.
After installing Windows, I created free space using Disk Management (using GParted during the live USB installation process wasn’t working for some reason) then created the partitions and installed Pop!_OS without a problem.
As a side note, the reason why I need to dual boot is for remote proctoring for online certification exams with Kryterion Webassessor and Pearson VUE, so I may post a future update if I run into any issues for this use case with my current setup.
